A discussion on the true meaning of religious freedom, personhood and sexuality

Presented by Crossroads Cultural Center

The recent mandate and subsequent accommodation issued by the Obama administration through the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the requirement of all insurance plans to provide contraception to their employees has led to a firestorm of media attention regarding the proper relationship between the Church and State. What has emerged is an entrenched debate with freedom of conscience on one side, and women’s health on the other. The Church provides a unique point of unity between the two sides, offering a vision of life that allows for the fulfillment of both religious expression and women’s concerns by properly defining both “health” and “human.” In order to arrive at an understanding of what this new life is, we must move beyond the questions of “what is religious freedom?”, and instead ask, “what is religious freedom for—especially in the case at hand?”